Hi, my name is Delphine Jamet.

As I began learning more about Perth’s history, I realised something heartbreaking. Too many of our buildings and places are disappearing, and the stories inside them are vanishing with them.

Rooms where people lived, worked, laughed, cried, healed or suffered are wiped out in a matter of hours, often with no public record of what they once were.

Even when heritage contractors come in to “document” a site, the community almost never gets access to those images. A huge part of our shared history is quietly locked away or never captured at all.

That’s why I created Streetkid Industries

My mission is simple:

To photograph and document Perth’s disappearing heritage: the hidden interiors, forgotten corners, and everyday buildings that mainstream historians overlook, before they are gone forever.

These are the places that shaped our lives, our families, and our communities. And once they’re demolished, redeveloped, or stripped bare, that history is lost forever.

Why This Matters Right Now

Perth is rapidly changing.

Every year, more sites are demolished, gutted or redeveloped, sometimes with next to no warning:

• old schools

• factories and workshops

• hostels and community homes

• pubs

• hospitals

• workers’ cottages

• community halls

• detention centres

• heritage-listed buildings left to decay

Many of these places hold powerful stories. Some were the backdrop of childhood memories. Others were once a major part of WA’s social, industrial, or wartime history.

If we don’t document them now, we lose not only the buildings but the stories, the memories, and the human history inside them.

What Your Support Makes Possible

Your donation directly helps me continue this work by covering:

• Website and hosting costs

Keeping decades of photos, research, maps and articles freely accessible.

• Photo, scanning and archival equipment

To properly capture buildings before demolition, including low-light interiors and sealed-off spaces.

• Travel and fuel

Many sites require multiple visits across Perth and regional WA.

• Software and storage

High-resolution images, backups, Photoshop, editing tools - all essential for preserving WA’s history safely.

• Expanding the public archive

More buildings, more stories, more memories made accessible to the community.

You’re not just helping me.

You’re helping preserve WA’s history for everyone.

How Your Donation Helps

Even small contributions make a real difference:

$10–$30 - Helps with fuel for documenting local sites

$50 - Covers storage and backup for a full site archive

$100 - Funds a research or photography trip

$250 - Supports documentation of an entire building

$500 - Helps with equipment or regional site visits

$1000 - Funds major archives (factories, hospitals, power stations)

Every amount has an impact.

My Commitment

I do this because I believe Perth’s history shouldn’t vanish behind locked doors, private archives or demolition fences.

I believe ordinary people deserve to see the places that shaped their lives, even if the buildings are gone.

Every donation goes directly back into continuing this work and keeping the archive freely available to the public.

Together, We Can Save What’s Left

Perth is changing fast but we can still preserve the stories, memories and hidden spaces before they’re lost for good.

If you value this work and want to help protect WA’s disappearing history, please consider supporting Streetkid Industries today.

Every dollar helps.

Every photo captured might be the last record of a place that mattered.

Thank you for helping me preserve Perth’s story, one forgotten building at a time.

— Delphine

View the full project and archives at: https://www.streetkidindustries.com